Singapore Symphony Orchestra

2013/14 season

The orchesTra 08

Piano FesTival 2013 20

concerTs 23

Booking inFormaTion 56

index 72

Esplanade: PerForming home oF The sso

The information in this publication is correct at press time but the SSO reserves the right to change programmes or artists without prior notice.

PatronPresident Tony Tan keng Yam

Board of Directorschairman

mr goh Yew lin

direcTors

mrs odile Benjaminmr chng hak-Pengmr lionel choims carol Fong

mr heinrich grafemr kwee liong seenms lim meiProf lim seh chunms Tan choo lengms Yvonne Thammr Wong nang Jangms Yong Ying-i

SSO Councilchairman

Prof cham Tao soon

memBers

mr Frank Benjaminmr alan chanms chew gek khimmr david connerdr geh minmr goh geok khimmr khoo Boon hui

Prof Tommy kohmr JY Pillaydr stephen riadyms Priscylla shawdr gralf siegholdmr andreas sohmen-Paodr Tan chin namms Tan choo lengmr Tan soo nanmr Wee ee cheong

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Welcome from the Music Directoras we prepare to celebrate the sso’s 35th anniversary in 2014, the 2013/14 season promises a year of exciting concerts featuring the sso in collaboration with many excellent guest conductors and soloists.

Just as haydn is widely acknowledged to be the father of the symphony, richard strauss was the last of the great symphonic composers in the viennese tradition. To mark strauss’ 150th birth anniversary, the sso will dedicate four concerts in January 2014 to performing some of his most memorable compositions, including Ein Heldenleben, Symphonia domestica, the Duet-Concertino (featuring two of the sso’s principal musicians) and the deeply moving Four Last Songs.

We are also delighted to present the asian premiere of Bright sheng’s Violin Concerto, a work specially commissioned by the sso. in november 2013, the sso and singapore symphony chorus will join forces in an all-verdi extravaganza marking verdi’s birth bicentenary, as well as in a much-anticipated performance in april 2014 of one of J. s. Bach’s great masterpieces, the St John Passion. our four-year project to record the complete orchestral works by rachmaninov for the Bis label will also reach fruition during this season.

choo hoey, the sso’s founding music director, will return to conduct the sso 35th anniversary concert in 2014, and we welcome to the sso family associate conductors Jason lai and Joshua Tan, who will front many of the sso’s community outreach programmes to bring the joy of orchestral classics to new audiences.

Please join us as we embark on this exhilarating journey ahead.

Welcome from the ChairmanThe 35th anniversary of the singapore symphony orchestra will feature a season of highlights, augmented by a superb list of guest conductors and soloists. Beyond its concerts at the esplanade, the sso is also ramping up its programmes for schools and the community, in order to fulfil its broader role as singapore’s national orchestra.

When a British critic described the sso as one of the 21st century’s great orchestras in the making, we took that as a challenge, and we aim to build for singapore an orchestra that one would travel great distances to hear.

as we continue to build towards that future, we also remember the past 35 years, during which time the sso has been led by two very dedicated music directors: choo hoey, who built an orchestra from scratch; and lan shui, whose leadership since 1997 has brought the orchestra to an internationally recognised excellence. This stability is highly unusual in today’s music world, and together with the excellence and dedication of our musicians, it has been a key element for the sso’s success.

i thank all our donors and friends for the support over the years, and trust that you will all be thrilled and inspired by the concerts in our 35th anniversary season.

Lan Shui music director

Goh Yew Lin chairman

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a premier asian orchestra gaining recognition around the world, the singapore symphony orchestra (sso) aims to enrich the local cultural scene, serving as a bridge between the musical traditions of asia and the West, and providing artistic inspiration, entertainment and education.

a full-time professional orchestra with 96 members, the sso now makes its performing home at the esplanade concert hall, and also performs regularly at other venues. established in 1979, the sso performs over 50 symphonic programmes a year. its versatile repertoire spans the all-time favourites and orchestral masterpieces to exciting cutting-edge premieres, featuring asian and singaporean musicians and composers prominently in the concert season. The sso has toured america, china, czech republic, germany, greece, hong kong, hungary, italy, Japan, France, spain, Turkey and the United kingdom. its recent 6-city tour of london and germany, which included a sold-out performance at the Berlin Philharmonie, garnered rave reviews from publications such as The Times and Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra

‘This could be one of the great orchestras of the 21st century’The sPecTaTor | 23 october 2010

since maestro lan shui assumed the position of music director in 1997, the sso has been distinguished by a high level of excellence and a rising international profile. choo hoey, who was music director from 1979 to 1996, is credited for developing the sso with his diverse programming.

among the sso’s recordings under Bis are a number of cds which have earned international acclaim, including a Seascapes album and the first-ever cycle of Tcherepnin’s six piano concertos and four symphonies. since its release in may 2007, Seascapes, a compilation of sea-themed music by debussy, Frank Bridge, glazunov and Zhou long, has garnered glowing reviews in various publications including BBc music magazine and american record guide. The sso has also recorded the music of chen Yi, Bright sheng and richard Yardumian, collaborating with such great artists as gil shaham, evelyn glennie, cho-liang lin, noriko ogawa, sharon Bezaly, claude delangle, christian lindberg and martin Fröst.

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Lan Shui Music Director

lan shui joined the singapore symphony orchestra as music director in 1997. he has brought the sso to greater heights during his tenure, through several international tours and recordings for the Bis label. lan shui is also passionate about performing music by asian and singaporean composers.

lan shui is also chief conductor of the copenhagen Philharmonic since 2007, and from 2011 to 2014 he serves as artistic advisor to the national Taiwan symphony. he has conducted many orchestras including the Baltimore symphony, Bamberg symphony, deutsche radio Philharmonie, Frankfurt radio symphony, stuttgart radio symphony, mdr leipzig, detroit symphony, houston symphony, deutsche symphony (Berlin), Japan Philharmonic and hong kong Philharmonic. he has also performed at festivals including Tanglewood, aspen, Bravo! vail valley, round Top, eastern music, national orchestra institute and casals Festivals.

Born in hangzhou, china, lan shui studied composition at the shanghai conservatory and graduated from the Beijing central conservatory, where he studied conducting with xu xin and huang Fei li. he made his professional conducting debut with Beijing’s central Philharmonic orchestra in 1986 and was later appointed conductor of the Beijing symphony. From 1986 he continued his graduate studies at Boston

‘Master conductor of what has become a world-class orchestra’ american record gUide | march/aPril 2007

University and attended the Tanglewood music Festival, where he worked closely with leonard Bernstein. in 1990 he conducted the los angeles Philharmonic’s summer Festival, where he came to the attention of david Zinman who in 1992 invited him to the Baltimore symphony orchestra as conducting affiliate for two seasons. From 1994 to 1997, he was associate conductor to neeme Järvi at the detroit symphony. in the same period he assisted kurt masur at the new York Philharmonic, and worked with Pierre Boulez and the cleveland orchestra in Paris under the Young conductors’ Project.

since 1998, lan shui has recorded over 18 cds for the Bis label, including music by arnold and hindemith with the malmö symphony. notable releases with the sso include the first-ever complete symphonies of Tcherepnin and a Seascapes cd, which won a place in musicWeb international’s 2007 recordings of the Year. his recordings have been nominated twice for the grammy awards.

he is the recipient of several international awards from the Beijing arts Festival, new York Tcherepnin society, Boston University (distinguished alumni award) and singapore (cultural medallion).

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Choo Hoey Conductor Emeritus

Okko Kamu

Principal Guest Conductor

jason laiAssociate Conductor

joshua tanAssociate Conductor

Lim Yau Choral Director

Lan Shui Music Director

The OrchestraFIRST VIOLINco-leader

lynnette seah

assisTanT leader

kong Zhao hui*

Fixed chair

chan Yoong-han

cao can*chen da Wei*duan Yu lingFoo say minggu Wen liJin licindy leeseow Jin chongalexander souptel *#

sui Jing Jingkaren TanWilliam TanWei Zhe

SECOND VIOLINPrinciPal

Zhang Zhen shan

associaTe PrinciPal

michael loh

Fixed chair

hai-Won kwok

nikolai koval*Priscilla neomargit saur

shao Tao Taolillian Wang Wu man Yun*xu Jue Yi*Ye lin*Yeo Teow mengYin shu Zhan*Zhang si Jing*

VIOLAPrinciPal

Zhang manchin

associaTe PrinciPal

guan Qi

Fixed chair

Jiang han song*

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CELLOPrinciPal

ng Pei-sian

associaTe PrinciPal

Yu Jing*

Fixed chair

guo hao*

MUSICIAN’S CHAIR PROGRAMME

Santa LuciaAsset Management

Fixed chair, First violinCHAN Yoong-han

Fixed chair, celloGUO HAO

Principal cello ng pei-sian

Musician’s seat

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chan Wei shing*ding xiao Fengli chengsong Woon TengWang YanWu dai daiZhao Yu er

DOUBLE BASSPrinciPal

guennadi mouzyka

associaTe PrinciPal

Yang Zheng Yi

Fixed chair

karen Yeo

olga alexandrovama li ming Jacek miruckiWang xu

FLUTEPrinciPal

Jin Ta

associaTe PrinciPal

evgueni Brokmiller

roberto alvarez

PICCOLOassisTanT PrinciPal

roberto alvarez

OBOEPrinciPal

rachel Walker

associaTe PrinciPal

Pan Yun

carolyn hollierelaine Yeo

COR ANGLAISassociaTe PrinciPal

elaine Yeo

CLARINETPrinciPal

ma Yue

associaTe PrinciPal li xin

liu YokoTang xiao Ping

BASS CLARINETassisTanT PrinciPal

Tang xiao Ping

BASSOONPrinciPal

Zhang Jin min

associaTe PrinciPal

liu chang

christoph WichertZhao Ying xue

CONTRA BASSOONassisTanT PrinciPal

Zhao Ying xue

HORNPrinciPal

han chang chou

associaTe PrinciPal gao JianJamie herschmarc-antoine robillard

Wang min

TRUMPETassociaTe PrinciPal

david smith

ikebe Jun

TROMBONEPrinciPal

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damian Patti

BASS TROMBONEassisTanT PrinciPal

shannon Pittaway

TUBAPrinciPal

hidehiro Fujita

TIMPANIPrinciPal

Jonathan Fox

grzegorz markiewicz

PERCUSSIONPrinciPal

Jonathan Fox

associaTe PrinciPal

mark suter

mark de souza lim meng keh grzegorz markiewicz

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gulnara mashurova

* With deep appreciation to mr & mrs rin kei mei for their generous loan of string instruments from the rin collection# served as leader from 1993 to 2012

musicians listed alphabetically by family name rotate their seats on a per programme basis.

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Marc-Antoine Robillard Associate Principal Horn

Lynnette Seah Co-Leader

Lan Shui Music Director

Li Cheng Cello

Zhang Manchin Principal Viola

For ticketing information, please refer to page 56.

let’s go to the movies

The sso and associate conductor Jason lai bring you a high-octane performance of some of the most recognizable film music from one of the greatest movie composers of all time. Featuring the multi-award winning scores for Star Wars, Jaws, Schindler’s List and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, this all-John Williams concert will also see the sso bring to life the famous themes from blockbusters like Jurassic Park, the Harry Potter series and Superman.

Jason Lai conductor

One of the most successful American orchestral composers of the modern age, John Williams is the winner of 5 Academy Awards, 17 Grammys, 3 Golden Globes, 2 Emmys and 5 BAFTA Awards.

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SPIRITED AWAY - THE MUSIC OF joe hisaishi

Joshua Tan and the sso present an evening of the most popular film music from celebrated composer Joe hisaishi, including music for studio ghibli’s films directed by hayao miyazaki (My Neighbor TOTORO, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Spirited Away), kitano Takeshi’s film Kikujiro, as well as the theme from the academy award-winning film Departures. explore the enchanted world of Japanese animation films through this not-to-be-missed concert performance at The star Theatre.

Joshua Tan conductor

With over 100 film scores to his credit, composer Joe Hisaishi is best known for his work with animator Hayao Miyazaki, having composed scores for many of his films, and has won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Music six times.

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15 February 14 saT, 7.30 Pm | The sTar TheaTre16 August 13 Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

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The Story of Babar,the Little ElephantJean de Brunhoff’s popular children’s story of one little elephant’s epic rise from rags to riches is eloquently set to music by Francis Poulenc, and expressively re-imagined with all the enthusiasm and pomp worthy of a royal gathering. Fusing the styles of Mary Poppins and Julia Childs, Britain’s own Symphonia Semi d’Quaver, the internationally renowned “Orchestra-ologist” and devoted fan of composer Henry Purcell, narrates the classic Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra with wit and a wink.

BRITTEN Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

POULENC The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant

Jason Lai conductorReally Inventive Stuff

22 November 13Fri, 11am & 1pm Esplanade Concert Hall

15 March 14Sat, 11am & 1pm Republic Polytechnic

Come Meet Mozart! Get to know Mozart through this delightful concert where conductor Jason Lai turns chat-show host, and experience some of the greatest music ever written: from Mozart’s first-ever orchestral work to his last, as well as choice selections from his many operas and piano concertos!

Jason Lai conductor

31 May 14Sat, 11am & 1pm University Cultural Centre

Carnival of the AnimalsDiscover the marvellous universe of the Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns with Octave and Mandoline, as they guide you through a magical world where lions, kangaroos, turtles and other animals come to life through the use of small and large marionettes, each more surprising than the other.

Joshua Tan conductor | L’Arsenal à Musiquesuitable for ages 4 to 14. no admission for infants-in-arms.

retain your concerts for children tickets to enjoy 10% discount on the next children’s production.

For more information on family packages and event sale dates, please refer to page 56.

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12 & 13 December 13

Thu & Fri, 10am & 12pm

Esplanade Concert Hall

The one and only babies’ concert in Singapore, the SSO and Uncle Peter will take the little ones on a thrilling musical adventure like no other, as they perform selections from some of the greatest music ever written. Highly interactive and engaging, your child will discover the fun and fantastic world of the orchestra, its many instruments and classical tunes!

Peter Moore conductor/ presenter

Priority sales: 3 sep 13 | Public sales: 5 sep 13

suitable for children aged 6 and below. Tickets are required for children aged 2 and above.

each concert lasts one hour, and pre-concert activities will be held at 9.30am and 11.30am for the respective shows.

For school bookings, please call 6602 4225 or email myrtle lee at myrtle@sso.org.sg.

25 August 13sUn, 4 Pm

esPlanade concerT hall

Joshua Tan conductor

10 November 13sUn, 4 Pm

esPlanade concerT hall

Jason Lai conductor 27 April 14sUn, 4 Pm

school oF The arTs concerT hall

Joshua Tan conductor

Join the SSO and its Associate Conductors Jason Lai and Joshua Tan for the Discovering Music! series featuring some of the finest classical music

ever written. Highly enjoyable and greatly recommended for young audiences as well as first-time concert-goers, concert highlights include

a question-and-answer session hosted by the conductor as well as a friendly introduction to the repertoire.

concerts are suitable for ages 5 and above.Please visit www.sso.org.sg for programme and ticketing updates.

SSO Babies’ Proms

Tickets: $18 | Concession Tickets: $14 | Family Packages: $60 (4 tickets)Prices before booking fees.

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Music & Movementbrought to you by four talented and prominent young pianists. From Baroque court and traditional folk dances, to the swirling ballrooms of Vienna, and to the more abstract, ecstatic dance of the cosmic variety, this year’s Piano

Festival promises four uplifting evenings of passionate music-making.

Ticket Prices: $48 - 80 from SISTIC(6348 5555 / www.sistic.com.sg) Booking fees apply

Limited concession tickets at 50% discount are available.

20 – 23 JUNE 13 | 8PMSchool of the Arts Concert Hall

20th SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL 2013

www.pianofestival.com.sg

LISZT Funérailles, S.173 No. 7 LISZT Petrarch Sonnet No. 104 from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie LISZT S.138 ‘Harmonies du soir’ LISZT Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F Minor, S.138 ‘Allegro agitato molto’ SCARLATTI Sonata in G minor SCARLATTI Sonata in B minor, K.27 MOZART (arr. Sudbin) Lacrimosa DEBUSSY L’isle joyeuse SCRIABIN Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 53

BACH Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828 CHOPIN Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 CHOPIN Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Op. 22 SCRIABIN Mazurkas Op. 3 Nos. 3, 4, 6, 1, 9 SCRIABIN Valse Op. 38 GRANADOS Valses Poéticos SCHULZ-EVLER “Arabesques” Variations on the Blue Danube Waltz

SCHUBERT 16 German Dances D.783 SCHUBERT Fantasy in C major D.760 ‘Wanderer’ J.S. BACH / LISZT Prelude and Fugue in A Minor BWV 543 LISZT Soirées de Vienne S.427 LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor

Thu, 20 Jun 13YEVGENY SUDBIN

Sat, 22 Jun 13BENJAMIN

GROSVENOR

Sun, 23 Jun 13SIMON

TRPCESKI

BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869

Fri, 21 Jun 13DANIEL-BEN

PIENAAR

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9 March 13 sat, 6.30pm

CLASSICS IN THE PARK:

Gardens by the BayDarrell Ang conductor

1 May 13 Wed, 4pm

CLASSICS IN THE PARK:

IstanaJoshua Tan conductor

22 August 13 thu, 12.30pm

lunchtime concert:

Esplanade Concert HallJoshua Tan conductor

18 August 13 sun, 6pm

CLASSICS IN THE PARK:

Singapore Botanic GardensJason Lai conductoradmission is free. outdoor concerts are subject to prevailing weather conditions.

SPH Gift of Music Seriessince its launch in 2005, the sPh gift of music series has reached out to over thousands of singaporeans through its many free performances at various venues in the heartlands, parks, concert halls and shopping malls. in 2013 over 25 concerts featuring various performing groups will be presented under the sPh gift of music banner, including singapore symphony orchestra concerts at the istana and the Botanic gardens.

Pre-concerT Talk

28 June 13Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

SIMON TRPCESKI PLAYS chopin

Both of chopin’s piano concertos were composed in his late teens, under the influence of his infatuation with a fellow student in Warsaw. simon Trpceski, one of the most exciting young pianists of our time, returns to join the sso and lan shui for the E minor Concerto which was premiered by chopin himself in one of his farewell concerts before leaving Poland for good. The first half of the concert focuses on Prince Rostislav, an atmospheric and evocative tone poem based on a short ballad by Tolstoy, and composed by rachmaninov when he was just 18.

rachmaninov introduction to Aleko

RACHMANINOV Prince Rostislav, symphonic Poem for orchestra

chopin Piano concerto no. 1 in e minor, op. 11

Lan Shui conductor Simon Trpceski piano

The natural successor to Brahms and Wagner, richard strauss was, in his lifetime, the most important of german composers, and continues to occupy a unique place in music history. a distinguished conductor and virtuoso orchestrator, he was also the foremost composer of symphonic poems, with masterworks such as Also Sprach Zarathustra, Ein Heldenleben and Don Juan illustrating the seemingly infinite variety of subjects to which he could turn his hand with programmatic writing. strauss was also a supreme master of german lieder, his more than 200 songs composed across more than seven decades culminating in the ravishing Four Last Songs, a most appropriate swan song for one whom many have described as having had “a life-long love affair with the soprano voice”.

The sso celebrates the 150th birth anniversary of richard strauss in January 2014 with performances of some of his greatest masterworks over four consecutive weekends.

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Ein Heldenleben Symphonia domestica Don Juan/Duet-Concertino

Vier letzte Lieder, (‘Four Last Songs’)

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864 – 1949)

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‘He played with virtuoso panache in the many bravura passages’

The neW York Times

‘Sokolov’s violin playing requires every superlative in the dictionary’ classic Fm

symphonies of youth

chen sa shot to prominence winning the crystal award at the 12th van cliburn international Piano competition. she returns to singapore with chen Qigang’s Er Huang, a work described by its composer as “theme and variations with a twist”, and which is based on a well-known Beijing opera melody “er huang Yuan Ban”. it was premiered by lang lang at new York’s carnegie hall in 2009. lan shui also conducts two youthful but accomplished works by rachmaninov and Bizet, including the latter’s first symphony, some themes from which were subsequently adapted for use in his opera Carmen.

debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

RACHMANINOV symphonic movement in d minor ‘Youth symphony’

CHEN QIGANG Er Huang for piano and orchestra

BIZET symphony no. 1 in c major

Lan Shui conductorChen Sa piano

Pre-concerT TalkPre-concerT Talk

19 July 13Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

russian masterpieces I:Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto

26-year-old Ukrainian violinist valeriy sokolov joins the sso and lan shui for Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular Violin Concerto in this all-russian concert. rachmaninov’s Isle of the Dead is one of the composer’s most powerful orchestral scores, inspired by an atmospheric painting of a small boat approaching an island on a quiet sea. The concert opens with two lesser known early works by rachmaninov: the Scherzo in D minor and his Prelude to The Miserly Knight.

rachmaninov scherzo in d minor

RACHMANINOV Prelude to The Miserly Knight

RACHMANINOV The Isle of the Dead, op. 29

TCHAIKOVSKY violin concerto in d major, op. 35

Lan Shui conductor Valeriy Sokolov violin

Pre-concerT Talk

2 August 13Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

PRESIDENT’S YOUNG PERFORMERS CONCERt

Following a successful sso debut at the esplanade 10th anniversary concert in october 2012, 18-year old violinist gabriel ng will make his second appearance with the sso under associate conductor Joshua Tan playing mozart’s First Violin Concerto. 17-year-old pianist li chu ren, currently a student at the Yong siew Toh conservatory of music, is the soloist in the well-loved Second Piano Concerto by Beethoven.

BERLIOZ Le Corsaire

BEETHOVEN Piano concerto no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 19

MOZART violin concerto no. 1 in B-flat major, k.207

hindemith symphonic metamorphosis after Themes by carl maria von Weber

Joshua Tan conductorLi Chu Ren pianoGabriel Ng violin

5 July 13Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

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beethoven sonata for violin and piano no. 7 in c minor, op. 30 no. 2

debussy sonata for violin and piano in g minor

ravel sonata posthume

respighi sonata for violin and piano in B minor

Leonidas Kavakos violinEnrico Pace piano

Pre-concerT Talk

3 September 13TUe, 8 Pm | conservaTorY concerT hall

‘The tonal and intonational purity of Kavakos’s playing in the Mendelssohn Concerto is magically beguiling’ classic Fm

kavakos plays mendelssohn

greek violinist leonidas kavakos returns to join the sso and lan shui for mendelssohn’s well-loved Violin Concerto. lan shui pairs this familiar masterpiece with Beethoven’s First Symphony, a work which is more evidently rooted in the world of mozart and haydn than the later symphonies, but which nevertheless demonstrates the confidence and radical ideas of a young Beethoven who would go on to single-handedly change the course of musical history.

wagner Siegfried Idyll, op. 103

MENDELSSOHN violin concerto in e minor, op. 64

BEETHOVEN symphony no. 1 in c major, op. 21

Lan Shui conductorLeonidas Kavakos violin

6 September 13Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

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john nelson conducts brahms

John nelson returns to take centrestage in this concert featuring three key orchestral masterpieces. originally composed for an acquaintance from the helsinki orchestra, sibelius’ technically demanding Violin Concerto underwent a major revision before taking the familiar form in which it is known today. “Brahms’ artistic kinship with Beethoven must be plain to every observer,” the critic eduard hanslick wrote of Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 – a work which took the composer no less than 15 years to sketch, so conscious was he of Beethoven’s shadow behind him. The work proved so successful that it was referred to by many as ‘Beethoven’s Tenth’.

Schumann Manfred overture, op. 115

SIBELIUS violin concerto in d minor, op. 47

brahms symphony no. 1 in c minor, op. 68

John Nelson conductorViviane Hagner violin

the shostakovich fifth

andrew litton, music director of the Bergen Philharmonic, makes his singapore debut with the most popular of shostakovich’s major symphonies. he is joined by vladimir Feltsman, who is no stranger to our audiences, in grieg’s Piano Concerto, composed in 1868 when he was just 24 years old. The work remains one of the most popular of piano concertos, and is full of youthful exuberance and virtuosic passages.

elgar Cockaigne overture

GRIEG Piano concerto in a minor, op. 16

SHOSTAKOVICH symphony no. 5 in d minor, op. 47

Andrew Litton conductorVladimir Feltsman piano

Pre-concerT Talk Pre-concerT TalkPre-concerT Talk

28 September 13saT, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

1 October 13TUe, 8Pm | conservaTorY concerT hall

3 October 13ThU, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

12 September 13ThU, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

‘Quite simply an amazing pianist’ The neW York Times

renaud capuçon –russian masterpieces II:tchaikovsky’s pathétique

Yoel levi and renaud capuçon join the sso in another evening of great russian masterworks, spotlighting the finely-orchestrated Violin Concerto by glazunov, which remains – along with his ballet scores – one of his best-loved works. Taking its nickname from the russian word “patetichesky” – a word used to denote passion, sorrow and deep, personal emotion – the Symphony No. 6 remains one of Tchaikovsky’s crowning achievements. The concert opens with stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite, featuring music he composed for diaghilev’s ballet based upon the adventures of the traditional neapolitan comic theatre character.

STRAVINSKY Pulcinella suite

GLAZUNOV violin concerto in a minor, op. 82

TCHAIKOVSKY symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 ‘Pathétique’

Yoel Levi conductor Renaud Capuçon violin

oPen rehearsalsat, 28 sep, 9.30am-12pm

‘Capuçon’s musical agility appeared

effortless’ The scoTsman

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BRAHMS violin sonata no. 1 in g major, op. 78

BRAHMS string sextet no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18

Renaud Capuçon violinWith faculty members of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music

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Nikolai Koval Second Violin

Inspired by Bach’s St John Passion

‘Each time I play Bach it is a truly spiritual experience. It’s like reaching deep within to discover the fundamental innocence that everyone starts out with – clearing the mind, lightening the heart, and purifying the soul.’

young britten: steven osborne plays the piano conerto

Widely regarded as one of Britain’s finest pianists, steven osborne’s acclaimed recording of the complete piano works by Britten won him the gramophone award in 2009. he will perform Britten’s youthful Piano Concerto, a work championed and recorded by the great russian pianist, sviatoslav richter, amongst others. The sso’s associate conductor Jason lai also conducts schumann’s Second Symphony, a work whose exuberance is balanced by a slow movement of great poignancy.

wagner Prelude to Parsifal

britten Piano concerto, op. 13

schumann symphony no. 2 in c major, op. 61

Jason Lai conductorSteven Osborne piano

viva verdi!

The sso marks the bicentennial of the birth of italian composer giuseppe verdi (1813 - 1901) with an all-verdi extravaganza, including a semi-staged performance of act 3 from his operatic masterpiece Rigoletto, a stirring tale of seduction, betrayal, and revenge. composed by verdi in his twilight years, the Te Deum for double chorus and orchestra is the last and grandest installment of his Four Sacred Pieces which were published just three years before his death.

VERDI overture to La forza del destino

VERDI Te Deum from Quattro pezzi sacri

VERDI Rigoletto (act 3)

Lan Shui conductor Vocalists to be announced Singapore Symphony Chorus Hallelujah Chorus The Philharmonic Chamber Choir Lim Yau choral director

bruckner’s seventh

Pianist christian Blackshaw stayed out of the limelight for many years for personal reasons, but in recent years has earned glowing reviews especially for his mozart performances. claus Peter Flor, the music director of the malaysian Philharmonic orchestra, returns to conduct Bruckner’s deeply-felt Seventh Symphony, a work composed in the shadow of the illness and death of his mentor, richard Wagner. The link to Wagner is also manifested through the use of four Wagner tubas, instruments which the older composer had invented for use in his own operas.

mozart Piano concerto no. 24 in c minor, k.491

BRUCKNER symphony no. 7 in a major

Claus Peter Flor conductorChristian Blackshaw piano

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concerto for orchestra

The sso and Principal guest conductor okko kamu partner cellist Qin li-Wei for shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1, a masterpiece which combines dizzying virtuosity with passages of melting pathos and beauty. Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra was written after the composer’s move to america in the midst of the second World War, and its premiere in december 1944 proved to be the greatest triumph of his career. Wrote sibelius: “En Saga is psychologically one of my most profound works. i could almost say that the whole of my youth is contained within it. it is an expression of a state of mind.”

sibelius En Saga, op. 9

shostakovich cello concerto no. 1 in e-flat major, op. 107

bartók concerto for orchestra

Okko Kamu conductorQin Li-Wei cello

20 November 13Wed, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

mozart’s swan song

Principal guest conductor okko kamu is joined by his compatriot, clarinettist kari kriikku, in a survey of works from the early romantic period, including mozart’s much-loved Clarinet Concerto. Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony is overshadowed by the radical innovations of his odd-numbered symphonies, but it is nonetheless a radiant, cheerful work firmly rooted in the classical tradition.

weber overture to Der Freischütz

mozart clarinet concerto in a major, k.622

beethoven Coriolan overture

beethoven symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93

Okko Kamu conductorKari Kriikku clarinet

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15 November 13Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

“Kriikku played with a glowing tone and a sensual spontaneity” The neW York Times

“A meltingly beautiful tone, flawless intonation and an ironclad technique” The neW York Times

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LANG LANG IN RECITAL

MOZART Piano sonata no. 5 in g major, k.283

MOZART Piano sonata no. 4 in e-flat major, k.282

MOZART Piano sonata no. 8 in a minor, k.310

CHOPIN Ballade no. 1 in g minor, op. 23

CHOPIN Ballade no. 2 in F major, op. 38

CHOPIN Ballade no. 3 in a-flat major, op. 47

CHOPIN Ballade no. 4 in F minor, op. 52

Lang Lang piano

30 November 13saT, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

lang lang live!

celebrated pianist lang lang returns to singapore in a gala concert performance of Prokofiev’s coruscating Third Piano Concerto, a work of great virtuosity and lyricism that has been a staple of the pianist’s repertoire since its rapturously-received premiere in 1921. music director lan shui will also conduct Tchaikovsky’s much-loved Fifth Symphony. lang lang’s recital programme begins with three mozart sonatas, including the dramatic A minor Sonata K.310, and concludes with chopin’s Four Ballades – dramatic, inspiring and challenging works that are central to the pianist’s repertoire.

liadov The Enchanted Lake

PROKOFIEV Piano concerto no. 3 in c major, op. 26

TCHAIKOVSKY symphony no. 5 in e minor, op. 64

Lan Shui conductorLang Lang piano

28 November 13ThU, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

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darkness in light

The great Finnish conductor osmo vänskä returns to the sso in three guises: as clarinettist performing with sso musicians in dvorák’s Serenade; as partner with his young compatriot Pekka kuusisto in sebastian Fagerlund’s Violin Concerto (2012); and then as conductor in the masterly Fifth Symphony by sibelius, with whose works maestro vänskä has been closely identified over many years.

DVORáK serenade in d minor, op. 44

s. FAGERLUND violin concerto ‘darkness in light’

SIBELIUS symphony no. 5 in e-flat major, op. 82

Osmo Vänskä conductorPekka Kuusisto violin

6 December 13Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

‘With a conductor as stellar as Mr. Vänskä on the podium, there was plenty to admire in terms of phrasing and nuance’ The neW York Times

SSO CHRISTMAS CONCERTS

Join conductor Jason lai and the sso, the singapore symphony chorus and the singapore symphony children’s choir, at the esplanade concert hall for two magical evenings of traditional carols and favourite yuletide melodies.

Jason Lai conductor Singapore Symphony Chorus Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir

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Rachel Walker Principal Oboe

Inspired by R. Strauss’ foUR LAST SONGS

‘I love the word-painting, the deep, dark orchestral textures and harmonies and especially the message that, despite being about impending death, there is hope represented by the two larks which flutter about at the end.’

SSO 35 thAnniversary Concert –STRAUSS festival:don juan

The sso’s founding music director choo hoey conducts one of the most popular symphonic masterpieces, dvorák’s New World Symphony, and also contributes to the month-long anniversary celebration of richard strauss’ music with the celebrated tone poem Don Juan, and one of his last compositions, the Duet-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon and chamber orchestra.

r. STRAUSS Don Juan

r. STRAUSS duet-concertino

DVORáK symphony no. 9 in e minor, op. 95 ‘From the new World’

Choo Hoey conductorMa Yue clarinetZhang Jin Min bassoon

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18 January 14saT, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

strauss festival: symphonia domestica

our strauss Festival continues with the tone poem Symphonia domestica by richard strauss, a grand work which depicts colourful and vivid characterizations of the strauss household. legendary pianist Fou Ts’ong, who will celebrate his 80th birthday in 2014, will take the spotlight in mozart’s Concerto No. 23, a work he composed in 1786 to perform himself at a concert, but which remained unpublished until after his death, in 1800.

KELLY TANG sinfonia concertante

MOZART Piano concerto no. 23 in a major, k.488

r. STRAUSS Symphonia domestica, op. 53

Lan Shui conductorFou Ts’ong piano

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11 January 14saT, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

GIL SHAHAM – STRAUSS festival: ein heldenleben

gil shaham returns to join the sso and lan shui for Bright sheng’s Violin Concerto, a work commissioned by the sso and specially written for the soloist. strauss’ Ein Heldenleben (“a hero’s life”) is a masterpiece of characterisation in which the heroic subject is the composer himself, with other vivid portraits including snide music critics as well as strauss’ own wife, Pauline.

berg Lyric Suite: Three Pieces

BRIGHT SHENG violin concerto asian Premiere

r. strauss Ein Heldenleben, op. 40

Lan Shui conductor Gil Shaham violin

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strauss festival: Four last songs

mark Wigglesworth conducts “an orchestral passion” which henk de vlieger has constructed from the music of richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, reworking Wagner’s music into an orchestral tapestry focusing on the inner drama taking place in the minds of the two lovers. swedish soprano annalena Persson brings the piece to a dramatic climax in isolde’s Liebestod, and also lends her lyrical voice to strauss’ final masterpiece, Four Last Songs, some of the most hauntingly beautiful music he ever wrote.

r. strauss Vier letzte Lieder (‘Four last songs’)

wagner Tristan und Isolde, an orchestral Passion (arranged by henk de vlieger)

Mark Wigglesworth conductorAnnalena Persson soprano

25 January 14saT, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

‘She has an almost animal presence, vital and impetuous, and her voice has a luxurious velvet tone.’ The gUardian

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Ng Pei-Sian Principal Cello

Inspired by elgar’s cello concerto

‘The Elgar Concerto holds a very special place in my heart. It is a masterpiece of great emotional range – full of melancholy and charm, at times noble and majestic with unbridled exuberance and emotional abandon, or special moments of tenderness where time seems to stand still.’

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sumi jo

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, sumi Jo has established herself as one of her generation’s most sought-after coloratura sopranos. she returns for a one-night only gala concert with the sso, performing a selection of breathtaking arias from famous operas such as The Merry Widow, Roméo et Juliette and The Tales of Hoffman, as well as the deeply beautiful Vocalise by rachmaninov.

J. STRAUSS overture to Die Fledermaus

J. STRAUSS Voices of Spring

lehar “vilja” from The Merry Widow

J. STRAUSS neue Pizzicato from Fürstin Ninetta

lehar “lippen schweigen” from The Merry Widow

J. STRAUSS “spiel’ ich die Unschuld vom lande” from Die Fledermaus

lehar Gold and Silver Waltzes, op. 79

gounod “Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette

rachmaninov Vocalise

offenbach overture from Orpheus in the Underworld

lehar “meine lippen, sie küssen so heiss” from Giuditta

offenbach “doll song” from The Tales of Hoffmann

Jason Lai conductorSumi Jo soprano

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20 February 14ThU, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

‘A voice from above’herBerT von karaJan

lugansky plays rachmaninov

eminent maestro Jean-claude casadesus returns with a programme of popular favourites, including debussy’s La Mer. last performed to critical acclaim during the sso european Tour of 2010, La Mer blends innovative orchestration with sensuous musical impressionism, reflecting debussy’s life-long fascination with the sea. rachmaninov’s ever-popular Concerto No. 2 was written after his restoration to his full creative powers after a bout of depression, and is music at its most romantic.

SHOSTAKOVICH Festive overture

RACHMANINOV Piano concerto no. 2 in c minor, op. 18

RAVEL Pavane for a dead princess

debussy La Mer

Jean-Claude Casadesus conductorNikolai Lugansky piano

the titan

one of the most spectacular symphonies in the repertoire, mahler’s First Symphony captures a universe of colours and emotions, with many of the themes drawn from his Songs of a Wayfarer, along with a Funeral march based on the popular nursery melody Frère Jacques. French pianist Pascal rogé returns to perform the ever-popular Piano Concerto No. 21 by mozart.

sibelius The Swan of Tuonela

MOZART Piano concerto no. 21 in c major, k.467

mahler symphony no. 1 in d major ‘Titan’

Okko Kamu conductorPascal Rogé piano

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28 February 14Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

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brahms’ piano quartet

Yu long, music director of the china Philharmonic and guangzhou symphony orchestra, returns to conduct the sso in schoenberg’s orchestration of the Piano Quartet in G minor, which has been described as “Brahms’ Fifth symphony”. Joining him for Beethoven’s dramatic Third Piano Concerto, the only one of Beethoven’s concertos to be written in a minor key, is pianist melvyn Tan.

MOZART overture to Don Giovanni

BEETHOVEN Piano concerto no. 3 in c minor, op. 37

brahms (arr. Schoenberg) Piano Quartet in g minor, op. 25

Yu Long conductorMelvyn Tan piano

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27 March 14ThU, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

‘...each piece easily flows from one to the next, abetted by Melvyn Tan’s mellifluous and caring interpretations’gramoPhone

bach: st john passion

The first of two surviving Passions composed by J.s. Bach, the St John Passion was written for good Friday in 1724, and has gained increasing popularity as a masterpiece of astounding musical beauty depicting the arrest, trial, crucifixion and burial of christ. For sso’s first-ever performance of this work, lim Yau will be joined by the combined voices of the singapore symphony chorus, hallelujah chorus, naFa choir, The Philharmonic chamber choir and the singapore Bible college chorale.

j.s. bach st John Passion, BWv 245

Lim Yau conductorSteve Davislim tenorMartin Snell baritoneJan-Hendrik Rootering bass-baritoneNadine Lehner sopranoLucia Cervoni mezzo-sopranoSingapore Symphony ChorusHallelujah ChorusThe NAFA ChoirThe Philharmonic Chamber ChoirSingapore Bible College Chorale

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4 April 14Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

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italian & Classical

eminent maestro neeme Järvi returns with mendelssohn’s most popular symphony, the Italian, which captures the many moods of a tourist wandering across colourful italy, as well as Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, an affectionately cheeky tribute to haydn. The concert also features young russian pianist Boris giltburg in rachmaninov’s thrilling First Piano Concerto.

PROKOFIEV symphony no. 1 in c major, op. 25 ‘classical’

RACHMANINOV Piano concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1

KREISLER Liebesleid

MENDELSSOHN symphony no. 4 in a major, op. 90 ‘italian’

Neeme Järvi conductorBoris Giltburg piano

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12 April 14saT, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

‘Giltburg’s assured, mature reading mesmerised a transfixed audience’ Birmingham PosT

SPRING SYMPHONY

sso’s Principal cellist ng Pei-sian brings us elgar’s elegiac Cello Concerto, one of the pillars of the repertoire and the last major work completed by the composer. he will preface this with the Fantasy for cello and orchestra by sang Tong (1923-2012), a composer who was also one of the shanghai conservatory’s most notable teachers. This concert also includes schumann’s First Symphony, a sunny work inspired by the poetic notions of spring.

sang tong Fantasy for cello and orchestra

elgar cello concerto in e minor, op. 85

SCHUMANN symphony no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 38 ‘spring’

Lan Shui conductorNg Pei-Sian cello

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18 April 14Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

24 April 14ThU, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

‘Ng has a seamless singing tone, flexibility in shifts of mood and colour, and the virtuosity to make the complex sound simple...’ The sTraiTs Times

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ASRAEL SYMPHONY

“i was saved by music,” wrote czech composer Josef suk of his Asrael Symphony, a work born out of the loss of his teacher and father-in-law, antonin dvorák, in 1904, and of his wife in 1905. This late-romantic masterpiece, named for the angel of death, draws also on Bohemian folk music and covers an extraordinary emotional span. The concert also features nikolai demidenko in liszt’s thrilling First Piano Concerto.

LISZT Piano concerto no. 1 in e-flat major

suk symphony no. 2 in c minor, op. 27 ‘asrael’

Lan Shui conductorNikolai Demidenko piano

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beethoven’s fifth symphony

german maestro günther herbig returns with two great works by Beethoven, including the Fifth Symphony whose dramatic opening motif builds inexorably towards a euphoric finale. dohnányi’s delightful Variations on a Nursery Song will be performed by martin roscoe, whose recordings of dohnányi’s complete piano music has received much critical acclaim.

BEETHOVEN Leonore overture no. 3, op. 72b

DOHNÁNYI variations on a nursery song, op. 25

BEETHOVEN symphony no. 5 in c minor, op. 67

Günther Herbig conductorMartin Roscoe piano

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9 May 14Fri, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

charles dutoit & chantal juillet

The acclaimed swiss conductor charles dutoit makes his sso debut with his wife, canadian violinist chantal Juillet, in an evening of popular favourites including the lushly atmospheric Violin Concerto by erich korngold, better known to many for his pioneering work as a composer of film music. The story behind sergei diaghilev’s ballet Petrushka was inspired by the sawdust puppets commonly found in russian travelling fairs, and conceived as a thinly-disguised allegory of the oppression of the lower classes. ravel first wrote the music for the ballet’s premiere in 1911, later revising it as a concert suite in 1947.

RAVEL Mother Goose suite

STRAVINSKY Petrushka

KORNGOLD violin concerto in d major, op. 35

Charles Dutoit conductorChantal Juillet violin

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3 May 14saT, 7.30 Pm | esPlanade concerT hall

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Zhang Si Jing Second Violin

Inspired by Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1

‘Mozart’s first concerto for violin was composed when he was very young. It is lyrical and tender at times, but always so full of freshness and vitality... It conveys to me a sense of that youthful freedom that we should try to never lose.’

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addiTional concerTs

STEP 4 Your Particulars If you are a Friend of the SSO, please write your membership number here __________________________

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Your season tickets will be mailed to you within two weeks. if you have an enquiry, please call our Ticketing officer at +65 6602 4245.

STEP 3 Payment

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sUBscriPTion concerTs

STEP 1.1 Select at least 5 concerts and fill in your ticket quantity.

By fax: +65 6602 4242 By e-mail: corporate@sso.org.sg By mail: sso Ticketing officer, 4 Battery road #20-01, Bank of china Building, singapore 049908

simon TrPceski PlaYs choPin

PresidenT’s YoUng PerFormers concerT

sYmPhonies oF YoUTh

TchaikovskY’s violin concerTo

kavakos PlaYs mendelssohn

The shosTakovich FiFTh

John nelson condUcTs Brahms

BrUckner’s sevenTh

YoUng BriTTen: sTeven osBorne

moZarT’s sWan song

concerTo For orchesTra

darkness in lighT

sYmPhonia domesTica

sso 35Th anniversarY concerT

FoUr lasT songs

The TiTan

lUganskY PlaYs rachmaninov

Brahms’ Piano QUarTeT

iTalian & classical

sPring sYmPhonY

asrael sYmPhonY

charles dUToiT & chanTal JUilleT

BeeThoven’s FiFTh sYmPhonY

cat 5 $14.20 cat 6 $10 amoUnT PaYaBle ($)

no. oF TickeTs

28 JUn 13

5 JUl 13

19 JUl 13

2 aUg 13

6 seP 13

12 seP 13

28 seP 13

12 ocT 13

25 ocT 13

15 nov 13

20 nov 13

6 dec 13

11 Jan 14

18 Jan 14

25 Jan 14

28 FeB 14

22 mar 14

27 mar 14

12 aPr 14

18 aPr 14

24 aPr 14

3 maY 14

9 maY 14

sUBToTal ($)

Seating PlanEsplanade Concert Hall

subscription and christmas concerts

Foyer stalls and stalls

circle 1

circle 2

sTage

sTage

sTage

cat 1 cat 3 cat 5cat 2 cat 4 cat 6

STEP 1.2 Take advantage of your concession discounts for Gala, Christmas and other concerts. (Valid for categories 1-4)

10 / 12 dec 13*

3 ocT 13

1 nov 13

28 nov 13

30 nov 13

4 Jan 14

20 FeB 14

4 aPr 14

sso chrisTmas concerTs

renaUd caPUçon

viva verdi!

lang lang live!

lang lang in reciTal

gil shaham

sUmi Jo

Bach: sT John Passion

$13

$16

$16

$38

$31

$19

$21

$16

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addiTional concerTs

$17

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STEP 3 Your Particulars If you are a Friend of the SSO, please write your membership number here __________________________

name (Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms)___________________________________________________ address__________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________ Postal code__________________ nric/Fin______________________ date of birth (dd/mm/YY)__________________

e-mail__________________________________ Tel (h)_____________________ (o)______________________ (hP)____________________ Fax______________________

Your season tickets will be mailed to you within two weeks. if you have an enquiry, please call our Ticketing officer at +65 6602 4245.

STEP 2 Payment

sTeP 1.1 sUBToTal $ [ ] + sTeP 1.2 sUBToTal $ [ ] = grand ToTal PaYaBle $ [ ]

[ ] Bank/ cheque no.________________________ (payable to SISTIC.com Pte Ltd) [ ] By cash (at SSO office only)

[ ] Please charge my credit card for the amount of $____________________

[ ] visa [ ] masTercard [ ] diners [ ] american exPress [ ] JcB

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6.30pm - 7pm, library@esplanade* venue to be announced

Get Closer to the

SSOMake the most out of your concert

experience. Come join us for our series of fringe events designed to help you

enjoy the music even more! More details on individual concert pages.

Join our conductors and soloists at the symphony chat, where they will share their thoughts, views and ideas on music. if you have a question about what you’ve just heard, this is also the perfect opportunity for you to get them answered.

PosT-concerT sYmPhonY chaT

2 Aug 13, Fri 25 Oct 13, Fri 25 Jan 14, saT 18 Apr 14, Fri

discover more about what you’re about to hear. our Pre-concert Talks bring you new insights into the different aspects of the works performed at the sso concerts. let our specialist speakers enrich your experience in the world of classical music.

Pre-concerT Talk

28 Jun 13, Fri

5 Jul 13, Fri

19 Jul 13, Fri

2 Aug 13, Fri

6 Sep 13, Fri

12 Sep 13, ThU

28 Sep 13, saT

3 Oct 13, ThU

12 Oct 13, saT

25 Oct 13, Fri

1 Nov 13, Fri

15 Nov 13, Fri

20 Nov 13, Wed

28 Nov 13, ThU

6 Dec 13, Fri

4 Jan 14, saT

11 Jan 14, saT

18 Jan 14, saT

25 Jan 14, saT

20 Feb 14, ThU

28 Feb 14, Fri

22 Mar 14, saT

27 Mar 14, ThU

4 Apr 14, Fri

You may not know just how much work goes into the preparation of each sso concert – so why not sit in at one of our open rehearsals? see how the conductor shapes each note and phrase with the orchestra, and hear how individual musical parts slowly come together to form a harmonious whole.

oPen rehearsal at Esplanade concert hall

28 Sep 13, saT | 9.30am - 12Pm 31 Oct 13, ThU | 6.30Pm - 10.15Pm

3 Apr 14, ThU | 6.30Pm - 10.15Pm

12 Apr 14, saT

18 Apr 14, Fri*

24 Apr 14, ThU

3 May 14, saT

9 May 14, Fri

open to sso subscribers, Friends of the sso and ticketholders.

open to sso subscribers, Friends of the sso and ticketholders.

open to the public.

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Reaching out to Music Lovers EverywhereOutdoor Concertseach sso classics in the Park concert offers you the best outdoor music in singapore. You can enjoy light classics and popular favourites as you partake of a special weekend picnic with family, friends and loved ones.

sso@The racecourse brings you an exciting thematic performance at the singapore racecourse.

SSO On CampusTake a break from the books and enjoy some familiar favourites for an hour. The sso performs several campus concerts each season, attracting not just students and faculty but also music lovers of all ages who live or work in the vicinity.

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sso’s recordings are available from the sso merchandise store during performances.

visit www.sso.org.sg for a complete list of sso recordings.

limiTed ediTion BlU-raY / dvd comBi Pack

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 10COMPLETED VERSION BY CLINTON CARPENTERQIGANG CHEN: WU XING - FIVE ELEMENTS

Lan Shui conductor

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Salut d’AmourBEST LOVED CLASSICS

Lan Shui conductor

sso-cd-1201

Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals / Britten: Young Person’s GuideLan Shui conductor Low Shao Suan & Low Shao Ying pianosWilliam Ledbetter, Andrew Lim & Koh Chieng Mun presenters

Bis-sacd-1988

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI

Lan Shui conductor | Yevgeny Sudbin piano

Bis-sacd-2012

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1

Lan Shui conductor | Yevgeny Sudbin piano

‘The Singapore Symphony once again shows the world that it deserves to be ranked with the best.’ FanFare

‘A top-flight, richly enjoyable performance.’ The TelegraPh

SSO Recordings

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Committees & ManagementCommittees

Nominating and Executive Committeechairman mr goh Yew lin

mr chng hak-Pengms Yvonne Thammr Wong nang Jangms Yong Ying-i

Endowment Fund Committeechairman Prof cham Tao soon

mr david gohmr Paul supramanian mr anthony Teo

Audit Committeechairman ms carol Fong

mr kwee liong seen ms lim mei

Artistic Advisory Comitteechairman Prof Bernard Tan

mr mervin Bengdr chang Tou liangmr Foo say mingProf Bernard lanskeyms Pang siu Yuindr kelly Tangmr Zhang Jin min

SSO Ladies’ LeaguechairladY mrs odile Benjamin

dePUTY chairladY

mrs kwan lui

mrs celeste Basapamrs viviana Bernardmrs rosy homrs Judy huntProf annie kohmrs alice lee-seahdr Julie lomrs clarinda Tjia-dharmadi-martinms donna meyerms kris Tanms manju vangal

Musicians’ Committeemr marc-antoine robillardms lynnette seahmr mark sutermr Tan Wee hsinmr christoph Wichertmr Yang Zheng Yi

Management

general manager, sscl

mr chng kai Jin

general manager, sso

mr anthony Brice

senior manager, orchesTra

mr ernest khoo

assisTanT orchesTra manager mr chia Jit min

senior orchesTra execUTive ms shirin Foo

senior manager, Programmes ms kua li leng

assisTanT manager, Programmes ms Teo chew Yen

senior Programme execUTive (choral)

ms regina lee

senior commUniTY oUTreach execUTives

ms hazel Jingcoms Toh Ying ling

senior liBrarian

mr lim Yeow siang

liBrarian

mr lim lip hua

FUndraising & sPonsorshiP manager

mr anthony chng

senior manager, markeTing & commUnicaTions mr Foo chen loong

corPoraTe relaTions manager

ms cindy lim

senior PromoTions & memBershiP execUTive ms myrtle lee

markeTing commUnicaTions execUTive

ms Joyce Tan

sPecial ProJecTs manager ms cham gee len

senior manager, corPoraTe services mr rick ong

assisTanT manager, Finance & accoUnTs

mr alan ong

Finance execUTive

ms goh hoey Fen

senior manager, hUmanresoUrces & adminisTraTion

ms Wee Puay cheng

concerT hall & FaciliTies manager

mr collin Tan

oFFicers

Concert Hall Operations mr ramayah elangomr abiden bin mohd saidmr abdul Wahab bin sakirmr mhd Zailani bin mhd saidmr radin sulaiman bin ali

Ticketing ms rose chew

senior manager, examinaTions, aBrsm

ms hay su-san

assisTanT examinaTions manager, aBrsm

ms Patricia Yee

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New to SSO Concerts?

What should I wear?

Formal dress codes are not enforced at most concerts in singapore. on weeknights, many people come to the concerts from work in business attire, which is fine. smart casual attire is usually adequate for most concerts – which means no shorts, singlets or slippers. Formal dress can be worn to special gala events.

Late Seating

sso concerts begin promptly at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated. latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break (which may be the intermission). Patrons who leave the hall before or during a performance cannot be reseated until the performance of that particular piece of music is over.

Can I bring my mobile phone?

Yes, but please turn off your mobile phone and other beeping devices before entering the hall, and do check again after the intermission that these are turned off. noise of any kind can be distracting to the performers and audience members.

When should I applaud?

normally, just as the concert begins, the audience applauds to greet the concertmaster when he or she comes on stage, and then again when the conductor and soloist(s) enter. after that, you may applaud at the end of each work, or when the conductor turns to you and bows, to show your appreciation. some longer works may have several sections, or movements, separated by a brief, silent pause: usually the audience applauds only at the end of the entire work. if you are unsure, check the programme to see how many movements there are. or you can always wait for the rest of the audience to clap before applauding.

Here are answers to some often-asked questions about going to SSO concerts, which will help make your next visit even more enjoyable.

How to Get There

ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

1 esplanade drive, singapore 038981

Taxi: The taxi stand is located at the esplanade mall entrance along raffles avenue.

mrT: 10-minute walk from the city hall and esplanade circle line (exit d) stations through an underpass.

BUs: 36, 56, 70m, 97, 111, 133, 162m, 195, 502, 531, 1n, 2n, 3n, 4n, 5n, 6n, 75, 77, 106, 700a, 857, 960, 961, nr1, nr2, nr5, nr6, nr7, nr8The nearest bus stop is also located along raffles avenue, outside the esplanade mall entrance.

car: esplanade carpark can be accessed from both sides of esplanade drive.

republic polytechnic

9 Woodlands avenue 9, singapore 738984

mrT: Woodlands station

BUs: 168, 169, 178, 187, 856, 858, 900, 901, 903, 911, 912, 913, 925, 926, 960, 961, 962, 964, 925c, 902

car: Pie (Jurong) - exit onto Bke (Woodlands) (exit 24), Bke - exit onto sle (exit 8), sle - exit via Woodlands ave 2 (exit 10)

University Cultural centre

national University of singapore, 50 kent ridge crescent, nUs centre for the arts, singapore 119279

yong siew toh conservatory of music

national University of singapore, 3 estate office drive, singapore 117485

mrT: clementi station

BUs: 96 & 151

car: Take exit 9 from aYe and enter the University campus at entrance a.

THE STAR THEATRE

1 vista exchange green, singapore 138617

mrT: 5-minute walk from the Buona vista station (exit c).

BUs: 74, 91, 92, 95, 191, 196, 198, 200

car: There are 2 entrances to The star. vehicles can come in by entrances on vista exchange green and rochester drive.

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GLAZUNOV violin concerto in a minor, op. 82 29gounod “Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette 46GRIEG Piano concerto in a minor, op. 16 28hindemith symphonic metamorphosis after Themes by carl maria von Weber 24KORNGOLD violin concerto in d major, op. 35 52KREISLER Liebesleid 50lehar Gold and Silver Waltzes, op. 79 46lehar “lippen schweigen” from The Merry Widow 46lehar “meine lippen, sie küssen so heiss” from Giuditta 46lehar “vilja” from The Merry Widow 46liadov The Enchanted Lake 37LISZT Piano concerto no. 1 in e-flat major 51mahler symphony no. 1 in d major ‘Titan’ 47MENDELSSOHN symphony no. 4 in a major, op. 90 ‘italian’ 50MENDELSSOHN violin concerto in e minor, op. 64 27mozart clarinet concerto in a major, k.622 34MOZART overture to Don Giovanni 48MOZART Piano concerto no. 21 in c major, k.467 47mozart Piano concerto no. 23 in a major, k.488 43mozart Piano concerto no. 24 in c minor, k.491 32MOZART Piano sonata no. 4 in e-flat major, k.282 37MOZART Piano sonata no. 5 in g major, k.283 37MOZART Piano sonata no. 8 in a minor, k.310 37MOZART violin concerto no. 1 in B-flat major, k.207 24offenbach “doll song” from The Tales of Hoffmann 46offenbach overture from Orpheus in the Underworld 46POULENC The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant 17PROKOFIEV Piano concerto no. 3 in c major, op. 26 37PROKOFIEV symphony no. 1 in c major, op. 25 ‘classical’ 50rachmaninov introduction to Aleko 23RACHMANINOV Piano concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1 50RACHMANINOV Piano concerto no. 2 in c minor, op. 18 47RACHMANINOV Prelude to The Miserly Knight 25RACHMANINOV Prince Rostislav, symphonic Poem for orchestra 23rachmaninov scherzo in d minor 25RACHMANINOV symphonic movement in d minor ‘Youth symphony’ 24RACHMANINOV The Isle of the Dead, op. 29 25rachmaninov Vocalise 46

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j.s. bach st John Passion, BWv 245 49bartók concerto for orchestra 35beethoven Coriolan overture 34BEETHOVEN Leonore overture no. 3, op. 72b 52BEETHOVEN Piano concerto no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 19 24BEETHOVEN Piano concerto no. 3 in c minor, op. 37 48beethoven sonata for violin and piano no. 7 in c minor, op. 30 no. 2 27BEETHOVEN symphony no. 1 in c major, op. 21 27BEETHOVEN symphony no. 5 in c minor, op. 67 52 beethoven symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93 34berg Lyric Suite: Three Pieces 42BERLIOZ Le Corsaire 24BIZET symphony no. 1 in c major 24brahms Piano Quartet in g minor, op. 25 48BRAHMS string sextet no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18 29brahms symphony no. 1 in c minor, op. 68 28BRAHMS violin sonata no. 1 in g major, op. 78 29 britten Piano concerto, op. 13 32BRITTEN Young Person’s guide to the orchestra, op. 34 17BRUCKNER symphony no. 7 in a major 32 CHEN QIGANG Er Huang for piano and orchestra 24CHOPIN Ballade no. 1 in g minor, op. 23 37CHOPIN Ballade no. 2 in F major, op. 38 37CHOPIN Ballade no. 3 in a-flat major, op. 47 37CHOPIN Ballade no. 4 in F minor, op. 52 37chopin Piano concerto no. 1 in e minor, op. 11 23debussy La Mer 47debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun 24debussy sonata for violin and piano in g minor 27DOHNÁNYI variations on a nursery song, op. 25 52DVORáK serenade in d minor, op. 44 38DVORáK symphony no. 9 in e minor, op. 95 ‘From the new World’ 43elgar cello concerto in e minor, op. 85 51elgar Cockaigne overture 28s. FAGERLUND violin concerto ‘darkness in light’ 38

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Index

RAVEL Mother Goose suite 52RAVEL Pavane for a dead princess 47ravel sonata posthume 27respighi sonata for violin and piano in B minor 27sang tong Fantasy for cello and orchestra 51Schumann Manfred overture, op. 115 28SCHUMANN symphony no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 38 ‘spring’ 51schumann symphony no. 2 in c major, op. 61 32 BRIGHT SHENG violin concerto 42shostakovich cello concerto no. 1 in e-flat major, op. 107 35SHOSTAKOVICH Festive overture 47SHOSTAKOVICH symphony no. 5 in d minor, op. 47 28sibelius En Saga, op. 9 35SIBELIUS symphony no. 5 in e-flat major, op. 82 38sibelius The Swan of Tuonela 47SIBELIUS violin concerto in d minor, op. 47 28J. STRAUSS neue Pizzicato from Fürstin Ninetta 46J. STRAUSS overture to Die Fledermaus 46J. STRAUSS “spiel’ ich die Unschuld vom lande” from Die Fledermaus 46J. STRAUSS Voices of Spring 46r. STRAUSS Don Juan 43r. STRAUSS duet-concertino 43r. strauss Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 42r. STRAUSS Symphonia domestica, op. 53 43r. strauss Vier letzte Lieder (‘Four last songs’) 44STRAVINSKY Petrushka 52STRAVINSKY Pulcinella suite 29suk symphony no. 2 in c minor, op. 27 ‘asrael’ 51KELLY TANG sinfonia concertante 43TCHAIKOVSKY symphony no. 5 in e minor, op. 64 37TCHAIKOVSKY symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 ‘Pathétique’ 29TCHAIKOVSKY violin concerto in d major, op. 35 25VERDI overture to La forza del destino 33VERDI Rigoletto (act 3) 33VERDI Te Deum from Quattro pezzi sacri 33wagner Prelude to Parsifal 32wagner Siegfried Idyll, op. 103 27wagner Tristan und Isolde, an orchestral Passion (arranged by henk de vlieger) 44weber overture to Der Freischütz 34

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At a Glance 2013-14 concerT calendar

28 Jun 13 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall SIMON TRPCESKI PLAYS chopin

Lan Shui conductor | Simon Trpceski piano

5 Jul 13 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall president’s young performers concert

Joshua Tan conductor | Li Chu Ren piano | Gabriel Ng violin

13 Jul 13 saT, 4Pm | school oF The arTs concerT hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES

19 Jul 13 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall symphonies of youth

Lan Shui conductor | Chen Sa piano

2 Aug 13 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall russian masterpieces I: tchaikovsky’s violin concerto

Lan Shui conductor | Valeriy Sokolov violin

16 Aug 13 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall SSO POPS concert: let’s go to the movies

Jason Lai conductor

18 Aug 13 sUn, 6Pm | singaPore BoTanic gardens SPH gift of music series: sso cLASSICS IN THE PARK

Jason Lai conductor

22 Aug 13 ThU, 12.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall SPH gift of music series: SSO lunchtime concert

Joshua Tan conductor

25 Aug 13 sUn, 4Pm | esPlanade concerT hall discovering music!

Joshua Tan conductor

3 Sep 13 TUe, 8Pm | conservaTorY concerT hall leonidas kavakos & enrico pace in recital

Leonidas Kavakos violin | Enrico Pace piano

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15 Nov 13 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall mozart’s swan song

Okko Kamu conductor | Kari Kriikku clarinet

17 Nov 13 sUn, 4Pm | school oF The arTs concerT hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES

20 Nov 13 Wed, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall concerto for orchestra

Okko Kamu conductor | Qin Li-Wei cello

22 Nov 13 Fri, 11am & 1Pm | esPlanade concerT hall Concerts for children: carnival of the animals

Joshua Tan conductor | L’Arsenal à Musique

28 Nov 13 ThU, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall gala: lang lang live!

Lan Shui conductor | Lang Lang piano

30 Nov 13 saT, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall lang lang in recital

Lang Lang piano

6 Dec 13 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall darkness in light

Osmo Vänskä conductor | Pekka Kuusisto violin

10 & 12 Dec 13 SSO christmas concerts

TUe & ThU, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall Jason Lai conductor

12 & 13 Dec 13 sso babies’ proms

ThU & Fri, 10am & 12Pm | esPlanade concerT hall Peter Moore conductor/ presenter

4 Jan 14 saT, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall gala: gil shaham – strauss festival: ein heldenleben

Lan Shui conductor | Gil Shaham violin

11 Jan 14 saT, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall strauss festival: symphonia domestica

Lan Shui conductor | Fou Ts’ong piano

6 Sep 13 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall kavakos plays mendelssohn

Lan Shui conductor | Leonidas Kavakos violin

12 Sep 13 ThU, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall the shostakovich fifth

Andrew Litton conductor | Vladimir Feltsman piano

14 Sep 13 saT, 7Pm | singaPore racecoUrse (kranJi) SSO@the racecourse

Joshua Tan conductor

28 Sep 13 saT, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall john nelson conducts brahms

John Nelson conductor | Viviane Hagner violin

1 Oct 13 TUe, 8Pm | conservaTorY concerT hall renaud capuçon in recital

Renaud Capuçon violin

3 Oct 13 ThU, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall gala: russian masterpieces II – renaud capuçon

Yoel Levi conductor | Renaud Capuçon violin

6 Oct 13 sUn, 4Pm | conservaTorY concerT hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES

12 Oct 13 saT, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall bruckner’s seventh

Claus Peter Flor conductor | Christian Blackshaw piano

25 Oct 13 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall young britten: steven osborne plays the piano concerto

Jason Lai conductor | Steven Osborne piano

1 Nov 13 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall gala: viva verdi!

Lan Shui conductor

10 Nov 13 sUn, 4Pm | esPlanade concerT hall discovering music!

Jason Lai conductor

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30 Mar 14 sUn, 4Pm | school oF The arTs concerT hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES

4 Apr 14 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall gala: bach: st john passion

Lim Yau conductor

12 Apr 14 saT, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall italian & Classical

Neeme Järvi conductor | Boris Giltburg piano

18 Apr 14 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall spring symphony

Lan Shui conductor | Ng Pei-Sian cello

24 Apr 14 ThU, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall asrael symphony

Lan Shui conductor | Nikolai Demidenko piano

27 Apr 14 sUn, 4Pm | school oF The arTs concerT hall discovering music!

Joshua Tan conductor

3 May 14 saT, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall charles dutoit & chantal juillet

Charles Dutoit conductor | Chantal Juillet violin

9 May 14 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall beethoven’s fifth symphony

Günther Herbig conductor | Martin Roscoe piano

11 May 14 sUn, 6Pm | singaPore BoTanic gardens SSo classics in the park

Jason Lai conductor

25 May 14 sUn, 4Pm | school oF The arTs concerT hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES

31 May 14 saT, 11am & 1Pm | UniversiTY cUlTUral cenTre Concerts for children: come meet mozart!

Jason Lai conductor

18 Jan 14 saT, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall sSO 35th anniversary concert – strauss festival: don juan

Choo Hoey conductor | Ma Yue clarinet | Zhang Jin Min bassoon

25 Jan 14 saT, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall strauss festival: four last songs

Mark Wigglesworth conductor | Annalena Persson soprano

15 Feb 14 saT, 7.30Pm | The sTar TheaTre SSO POPS concert: spirited away – the music of joe hisaishi

Joshua Tan conductor

20 Feb 14 ThU, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall gala: sumi jo

Jason Lai conductor | Sumi Jo soprano

28 Feb 14 Fri, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall the titan

Okko Kamu conductor | Pascal Rogé piano

2 Mar 14 sUn, 4Pm | school oF The arTs concerT hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES

7 Mar 14 sso on campus

Fri, 7.30Pm | PaYa leBar meThodisT girls’ school (secondarY) Joshua Tan conductor

8 Mar 14 saT, 6.30Pm | gardens BY The BaY SSO@Gardens by the bay

Joshua Tan conductor

15 Mar 14 saT, 11am & 1Pm | rePUBlic PolYTechnic Concerts for children: The Story Of Babar, The Little Elephant

Jason Lai conductor | Really Inventive Stuff

22 Mar 14 saT, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall lugansky plays rachmaninov

Jean-Claude Casadesus conductor | Nikolai Lugansky piano

27 Mar 14 ThU, 7.30Pm | esPlanade concerT hall brahms’ piano quartet

Yu Long conductor | Melvyn Tan piano

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